Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-06-25
FOOD AND EXERCISE.
AN ATHLETE GIVES SOME RULES
 FOR MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT.

Exercise should be Avoided Early in the
 siorning-Bad Effects of Training on
 an Empty Stomach - Weight and
 Height.
 Areporter asked Professor J. M. Lafiin the athlete, about some of the rules fOI muscular devlOpment and the food and exercise necessary. He said:
 "A man must not impose upon his stomach; it is the boiler, the engine, as it were. that supplies strength tO the body. People of bilious lymphatic temperaments are apt tO use drastic medicines tO excess and ruin their constitutions. Once let the insidiOus use of strong drugs under mine the health and then nine times out of ten the system never rallies Co its pris tine condition. Exercise Is food. it is health. it is life. l have given my life to the study of the development of human strength and endurance
 How and when should a person exer- else to be healthy and not oyerdo the things'
 Exercise should be avoided early in the morning before breakfast on an empty stomach The air is very unwholesOme early in the morning, and until the sun t2s purified it with its generous beams to breathe it freely is injurious. Malarial and chest diseases are liable Co be taken, hence the imperative necessity of avoiding early morning exercise. People who are not professional athletes cannot stand the fatigue of exercise before breakfa fast, and it even weakens the regular professional ones who are ignorant The system is weaker when a person rises than at any other period during the day. l well re- member that l was forced Co walk twenty miles before breakfast when l began Co train. l came back weak and exhausted
 It was wrong and did me more harm than good. The athlete who trains on an empty stomach is merely devitalizing himself.
 The proper way is Co rise an hour or sO after the sun is up, take light breakfast, and after the meal has been thoroughly digested then take the exercise. Then
 good work can be done without harm
 There are many points of practice among Oarsmen and other professionals that are absolutely pernicious. An oars man when he comes in from practice will devote a few minutes Co his boat before
 he rubs himself down. He should not permit himself tO cool down before he has wiped away the refuse matter. The pores ]
 utes' rest closes them and the scrub doesn't dO 50 much good. It is common sense that is needed more than anything else Then another fatal error is the shock and reaction theory The young
 oarSman while heated jumps into cold bath. Coming out Co the natural tenn pcratsre of the air there is shock with out any reaction. Young Maxwell. a promising uarsman, killed himself in this way. He lelped into the water from his boat took a cOngestive chill and died in the hospital The proper way Co cool of a man is the same as that of a race horse Rub him slowly, cautiously. and in the mans case use plenty Of salt in the water with which he Is spOnged. \ pint of salt shOUld be used Co a pail of water, thor. Oughly dissolved. During the cooling process moderate walking should be taken under a blanket There should never be a sudden change from intense exercise Co perfect rest; the progess should be gradual The great cardinal principals of all training are simply com
 mon sense and temperance in exercise DIET or ATHLETES.
 Do all athletes agree upon the subject of diets''
 No, for differ materially from my
 brother athletes. deprecate the use of rare meat Many suppose it is more strengthening than well cooked meat, but it is great mistake, it requires cust iron stomach, one with great tone and strength. to digest rare meat, and the be- ginner. as a rule, is not able Co do it. Nothing Is well digested in the stomach against which the palate revolts. l can not eat rare meat unless l spice it up highly with condiments, and they arc positively imperviOus Co digestion. Meat should neither be rare nor too well done. but A medium that retains its natural juices. The rare meat idea has done a great deal of harm. and the sooner it Is exploded the better Without physical vitality the grcqtest accomplishments amount to nothing. The American scholar. as n rule. is a dyspeptic He is
 razor faced, lantern jawed, thin. nervous man The old Tegsnen for the student is
 obsolete and almost as fatal a. yellow fever. long morning walks before break fast. reduction of diet, little sleep and ire quent cold baths without well supported vitality. IL k a wonder how maC- students live, any way
 .'Is there a special weight in proportion
 to a mans height for him Co perform athletic featss'
 "Yes. If man k feet high he should
 weigh from l03 Co los pounds to be athletic in proportion. The proportions are arranged as follows, and they are ac- curate unless on account of some abnormal defects. Height j feet inches, weight from 1i9 to l2J pounds. height feet
 inches, weight from l:.3 Co li0 pounds height ! feet x inches, weight from l4O to lJ0 pounds; height , feet inches. weight from iJO Co l62 pounds. height ! feet 10 inches. weight from lG! Co lt3 pound height ! feet II inches. weight from l'2 to lS2 pounds; height 6 feet, weight from 1s0 to 192 pounds. It will he found the above figures show what the weight Of q man should bc in good condition accord ing tO the size of his bone. neck. chest.
 wrist. ankle and height. and. as a rule, if
 his measurement does not compare closely
 with these figures. he must be consider ably out of proportion. New York Mail
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